Academic calendar
Fall 2026 runs Aug 15, 2026 – Dec 15, 2026. Calendar aliases that share a date range are grouped together, with every source term still shown.
- Fall 2026Relevant now
- Spring 2027
Campus language
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Showing 12 of 12 terms
A
- Adelante
- The official school motto and battle cry, meaning 'Forward' in Spanish.
C
- Canteen
- The official on-campus cafeteria located in both the Main and Basak campuses.
- Carbon
- The nearby Carbon Market where students frequently go for affordable street food and 'pungko-pungko' meals.
- CAS
- College of Arts and Sciences.
- CICCT
- College of Information, Computer and Communications Technology.
- CMBA
- College of Management, Business and Accountancy.
- COE
- College of Engineering.
J
- Josenian
- The term used to identify a student or alumnus of USJ-R.
- Josenian
- The official student publication of the University of San Jose - Recoletos.
P
- Pungko-pungko
- A style of communal street dining near the campus where customers sit on small benches to eat fried food.
R
- Recoletos
- Shortened reference to the university or the Augustinian Recollect Order that runs it.
S
- SSC-R
- Supreme Student Council - Recoletos; the highest student governing body.
Places and practicalities
Buildings, logistics, and other local references drawn from the approved campus snapshot.
- Basak
- Refers to the larger campus located in Basak, Pardo, Cebu City.
- canteen_cooperative
- Canteen Cooperative
- Clearance
- The mandatory process at the end of a semester where students must get signatures from various offices to prove they have no outstanding obligations.
- Consolation
- The Our Lady of Consolation Building at the Main Campus.
- EDP
- Electronic Data Processing; refers to the office or system used for enrollment, subject encoding, and student records.
- Main
- Refers to the Magallanes Street campus in downtown Cebu City.
- Moreno
- The St. Ezekiel Moreno Building, a primary academic building at the Main Campus.
- Pius
- The St. Pius X Building, located at the Basak Campus.
- RFID
- The student ID card system used for automated attendance and entry through campus turnstiles.
- SAO
- Student Affairs Office; the department handling student activities, discipline, and organizations.
- Student Portal
- The online system where students check their grades, schedules, and account balances.
- Tolentino
- The San Nicolas de Tolentino Building, located at the Basak Campus.
- usj_r_main_campus_canteen
- USJ-R Main Campus Canteen
Quick answers
Useful facts students can verify from the guide above.
- What academic term is relevant now?
- Fall 2026 runs Aug 15, 2026 – Dec 15, 2026.
- How much campus context is included?
- 12 approved campus terms and 13 local details are included in full.
- Are all approved campus terms included?
- Yes. The complete approved glossary is available in the scrollable, searchable campus-language section.
- Where does this guide come from?
- Calendar dates, campus terms, and local details come from DormWay's approved campus reference library.